Arts and Leisure Desk

On Friday, Kathie Lee Gifford opened ''Under the Bridge.'' The show, her adaptation of a children's book about a curmudgeonly Paris hobo and the homeless family that melts his frozen heart, is playing Off Broadway with the hope that it may eventually move.

January 9, 2005artsNews

Cultural Desk

After roles on shows like "Name That Tune" and "Hee Haw Honeys," Kathie Lee Gifford has hit the big time. "Live With Regis and Kathie Lee" plays to three and a half million households each day and the wait for tickets in the studio audience is six months to a year.

Many Broadway shows struggle for media attention - hence the tactic of casting Hollywood stars - but the new musical ''Scandalous'' has an extraordinary weapon in its publicity arsenal: NBC's ''Today'' show. On Thursday's broadcast, the co-host Matt...